In 1998, Hollywood’s Michael Bay created a film that had Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and a team of oil drillers fly to a huge asteroid the size of Texas that was headed for Earth on a collision course that would wipe out life on our planet as we know it. The crew was able to land on the asteroid, drill down a significant distance, and plant a nuclear device that destroyed the … [Read more...] about NASA Just Launched a Mission That Will Help Us Avoid a Future Armageddon Scenario
After several failed launches due to weather, the KiNET-X mission aboard a Black Brant XII rocket blasted off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 8:36 pm on Sunday. NASA's KiNET-X mission will study energy and winds in different regions of the atmosphere. It will do that by creating two harmless vapor clouds. Its vapor tracers are made with the same materials … [Read more...] about NASA’s KiNET-X Mission Finally Blasts Off!
PTSD and depression have plagued our troops from the beginning of time. Often, it seems to me, that we treat them with anti-depressants. Then we treat the side-effects of those drugs with more drugs. This doesn't make sense. Now, Silo Wellness, an Oregon company, has developed a nasal spray that makes micro-dosing easier for people fighting PTSD and depression. The spray … [Read more...] about Magic Mushroom Nasal Spray for PTSD and Depression
SpaceX's Falcon 9 spacecraft launched from the Kennedy Space Center on May 30th. This was the first spacecraft to take off from the Kennedy Space Center's pad since the Space Shuttle Program was shut down in 2011. The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service was on the front lines of this historic event. They provided an in-depth story and personal interviews with … [Read more...] about NASA’s Guardian Angels: Pararescuemen and the SpaceX launch
NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy. The naval officer is also a Navy SEAL who served on SEAL Team 3. … [Read more...] about The Pic of the Day: Navy SEAL and NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy
Host Aaron “Rad” Radl interviews guest Rob Kilgallon — NASA SWAT Team member for 11 years, competitive shooter, 20+ years in the U.S. Army, and currently a Master Sergeant in the Army Reserves as a combat medic. If you haven’t already noticed, we have a ton of new SOFREP t-shirt designs and gear available in our store. As always, be sure to check out our Crate Club for Spec Ops … [Read more...] about Episode 4: Rob Kilgallon (NASA SWAT, Combat Medic, Competitive Shooter)
I remember Jonny Kim as a new guy at SEAL Team 3 and later when he checked into sniper school at the old bunker complex south of Coronado, California. He had a quiet intensity and determination about him that years later I still remember. When I was a sniper course manager for the west coast we had a unique system to ensure that no student was left behind. Students were … [Read more...] about NASA just got its first Navy SEAL Sniper: Meet Lt. Jonny Kim
A Navy SEAL has successfully completed the NASA Astronaut program. Last week, Lieutenant Jonny Kim graduated from the course and now is qualified for missions to the International Space Station and the moon. Kim enlisted in the Navy in 2002. After successfully completing the grueling Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) and SEAL Qualification Training (SQT) courses, … [Read more...] about Navy SEAL graduates from NASA’s Astronaut Program
Earlier this week, NASA Astronaut Christina Koch broke the record for the longest time spent in space by any woman. She surpassed the previous record set by another prolific NASA astronaut, Peggy Whitson. It seems likely that Koch's new record will stand for some time, as she still has six weeks left aboard the International Space Station before she catches her scheduled ride … [Read more...] about NASA Astronaut Christina Koch has now been in space longer than any woman in history
India's Vikram lunar lander, a part of their broader Chandrayaan-2 moon mission, launched in July and was slated to touchdown on the moon's surface on September 7 -- effectively making India only the fourth nation in history to successfully land anything on the moon. Vikram successfully traversed the vast 238,900 miles to reach lunar orbit, but with just two miles left to go in … [Read more...] about NASA finds wreckage of lost Indian lunar lander on the moon
The International Space Station has been in orbit around our planet since 1998, providing the human race with a (semi) permanent habitable space at the front door of the great beyond. That timeline offers an interesting bit of perspective -- as you come to realize that America’s latest generation of enlisted warfighters, joining the service within the past two years, belong to … [Read more...] about The true story behind NASA’s 1973 Skylab ‘mutiny’
Although it's not all that commonly known, an experiment conducted by NASA's Viking Mars lander in 1976 really did come back positive for signs of life on Mars. The experiment produced not one but four separate positive results, each indicating microbial respiration and standing in stark contrast to the "control" samples captured by a different lander some 4,000 miles away. It … [Read more...] about NASA scientist argues that we found life on Mars 40 years ago – and he’s got data to back him up
